Kenya event
Many of the world’s destinations loudly boast an opportunity for the traveler to “enter another world.” Off the shores of Northern Kenya, the island of Lamu offers this experience in its ...
Event innovations
By Mario Masciullo, eTN Italy
ITALY (eTN) - The World Heritage Tourism Expo (WTE) 2012 will come alive this year as it hosts the first edition of the “World of the Mediterranean Diet.” Event innovations include the change ...
Park within the World Heritage Site
By Gill Staden, eTN Zambia
ZAMBIA (eTN) - During the week, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Given Lubinda, announced that seven sites within the Mosi-oa-Tunya Park were up for grabs by investors to construct new ...
Most tourist-attractive site in Tanzania
By Apolinari Tairo, eTN Tanzania
TANZANIA (eTN ) - Constituting the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is slowly building up its snow cover, allaying the fears of prominent scientists who had predicted witnessing the ...
Leave nothing behind except for footprints in the sand
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Splendid isolation comes to mind when looking up Aldabra, the world’s second largest coral atoll and part of the Seychelles archipelago.
Okavango Delta
By Gill Staden, eTN Zambia
The Minister for Tourism, Kitso Mokaila, announced during the week that the Botswana government is consulting with communities surrounding the Okavango Delta in order to get their support for an ...
Tanzania World Heritage Site May Be In Danger
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - One of Tanzania’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Selous Game Reserve, may be declared a "World Heritage Site in Danger," should the Tanzanian government continue to recklessly pursue ...
UNESCO World Heritage Site
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - It was learned from a source in Dar es Salaam that Kempinski Hotels, probably to make up for the recent loss of a management contract for their resort on Zanzibar, is continuing to seek ...
Kenya Site
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - The latest round of declaring sites of significant importance to the world’s cultural heritage by UNESCO has seen Fort Jesus included in the list of now protected and globally-acclaimed ...
Communities Depend On Mountain Resources
By Apolinari Tairo, eTN
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) - Tanzania's President has rejected an application to place some mountains in the Eastern Arc under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...
Parade Float
The Indian Ocean Island of La Reunion has made an unprecedented mark during the 2011 Seychelles carnival when they paraded a float in the carnival procession depicting their volcano and their ...
Al Turaif Quarter Listed
The World Heritage Committee approved the registration of Al Turaif Quarter, in the Al Dirr’iya historical city near Riyadh, onto the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
Putorana Plateau In Russia
NEW YORK, NY - The World Heritage Committee of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
World Heritage Site Bounces Back
The Galapagos, comprising 19 islands and a marine reserve, are situated some 1,000 kilometers from the South American continent.
Haiti
By Nelson Alcantara
(eTN) – It has been almost six months since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck and devastated Haiti.
